Libros

This handsome volume is the first in English devoted to Michel Sittow (c. 1469 1525), an artist from Estonia who trained in the tradition of early Netherlandish painting. Sittow worked for many high-profile patrons, including Isabella of Castile in Spain, and specialized in beautiful small (...)

Auguste Rodin (1840 1917) was a radical sculptor whose unorthodox approach to multiplication, assemblage, industrial production, and serial repetition challenged classical sculptural traditions and provided a definitive break in the history of art. Although he was best known for his bronze and (...)

Le 15 juin 1722, durant l'intermède de la Régence commencé au décès de Louis XIV le 1er septembre 1715, la Cour revient à Versailles et Louis XV, alors âgé de douze ans, retrouve les lieux qui ont bercé sa première enfance. Quelques mois plus tard, le 25 octobre, le sacre du jeune roi à Reims ouvre (...)